mia ltd wrote:

> I have just developed an application using Delphi V7 and interbase V7.1

hoping to market

> it, however, think that the interbase licence is expensive and may put

off prospective

> customers therefore am considering convert to Firebird as someone

suggested it thus

> I joined this forum. Can any one tell me what advantages interbase 7.1,

if any, has

> over firebird? Also would i have to installed interbase before

installing firbird?

> I would also like briefly know what the sequence of installation is.

IB/7.x has better utilization of multiple processors (at additional cost)
than Fb/SS, performance monitoring tables, possibly more.
I haven't used IB after 5.6 so I have no experience with these features -
ask in the borland/interbase NGs for a more complete list and comments.

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Aage J.